White Paper: Advances in Multi-Fiber Connectivity

Enable Data Center Flexibility, Manageability, Scalability and Security

Author: Dwayne Crawford

Format: 12 Page PDF

What Is This White Paper About?

Reducing Optical Loss in Multi-Fiber Connectivity

• Reducing Optical Loss in Multi-Fiber Connectivity
• Optical Fiber Media and Connectivity Choice Matters
• Why MPO-24 Falls Short on Loss
• Belden is Leading the Way
• New Standards Have an Impact
• Why Does Insertion Loss Matter?

Optimizing Data Center Design with Low Loss Multi-Fiber Connectivity

• Optimizing Data Center Design with  Low Loss Multi-Fiber Connectivity
• 2-Point Simple Channel Architecture
• 3-Point Architecture
• 4-Point Architecture
• 5-Point Architecture

About The Author:

Dwayne Crawford

Dwayne has over 20 years of experience in the datacomm industry, starting in the early days of dial-up Internet, when he founded DirectNET, an Internet service provider.

He has served on several international standards committees, advancing high-performance/low-latency protocols (IEEE-1394, GigE Vision, CameraLink) used in real-time image processing and utilizing high performance computing (HPC) platforms.

Since joining Belden, he has led his team in introducing innovative fiber products with a focus on overall customer solutions. Dwayne is also a Belden Data Center Specialist.

Who Is Belden

For more than 100 years, customers who have required unsurpassed performance and durability for signal transmission have counted on the Belden brand. In the 20th century, that trust was built on high-performance wire and cable products. Today, Belden designs, manufactures and sells a comprehensive portfolio of cable, connectivity and networking products for the transmission of signals for data, sound and video applications.